Our History
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1946Established as Norman Hart Newcastle Limited. Manufacturers of Blinds and Awnings across the North East of England. |
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1981Original Speedor developed. |
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1984Industrial Roller Shutters Division created. “Hart Industrial Doors” |
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1993Agreement with USA door company for High Speed Doors manufacture. |
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1995Introducing the Speedor range of doors. Speedor Mini, Maxi and Combi |
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1996Introduction of Firebrand fire resistant roller shutters. Tested to BS Standard. |
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1998Change of company name to “Hart Door Systems” which reflects evolving product range of advanced door systems. |
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19986,000 square foot expansion to the existing production facility doubling our manufacturing space. |
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2001Branching out into the Middle East and exhibiting at the Big 5 exhibition Dubai with Al Zamil. |
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2003Expansion of our middle eastern network. Distribution agreement with Al Futtaim UAE (Famco). |
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2007Major Project T5 Heathrow – High Speed Doors to all check-in desks. |
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2008Major Project Dubai Metro together with Famco. |
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2010UL10b / NFPA80 fire test completed in Chicago with UL. |
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2011Major Project London 2012 Olympic Stadium. |
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2012New Hart offices built. |
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2012Extension of the Famco agreement to cover Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar. |
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2012Major Project Nissan Battery Plant. |
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2013Major Project King Abdul-Aziz International Airport. |
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2014LPCB Terror Screen approval. |
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2015Major Project Olympic Stadium Transformation Queen Elizabeth Park. |
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2016Speedor Twinblade product developed. |
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2017Successful Quality Audit to latest ISO 9001:2015. |
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